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Cootamundra, town, south-central New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Western Slopes region of the fertile Riverina. Cootamundra was founded in 1830 as a livestock station. Its name (Cootamundry until 1952) is Aboriginal for “swamp with turtles.” The town, proclaimed in 1861, was made a municipality in 1884 and a shire in 1975. On the principal Sydney-Melbourne rail line, Cootamundra is also the rail and road junction for routes serving the state’s central...

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